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re: The Legacy of Steve Spurrier
Posted on 1/1/13 at 3:55 pm to Bench McElroy
Posted on 1/1/13 at 3:55 pm to Bench McElroy
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Saban also didn't have the luxury of coaching the SEC in the '90s when the second best coach in the conference was Phil Fulmer.
And the third best coach was Gene Stallings. Florida was on another level compared to the rest of the SEC in the 1990s. Alabama was practically the only team in the SEC West with a pulse for much of the decade and Florida as well as Tennessee were the only two competent teams in the East until Mark Richt arrived at Georgia in 2001.
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Posted on 1/1/13 at 4:03 pm to RollTide1987
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And the third best coach was Gene Stallings. Florida was on another level compared to the rest of the SEC in the 1990s. Alabama was practically the only team in the SEC West with a pulse for much of the decade and Florida as well as Tennessee were the only two competent teams in the East until Mark Richt arrived at Georgia in 2001.
And despite all of that, Saban is guaranteed to have a higher winning percentage in the last five years (.882 if he loses to ND, .897 if he beats ND) than Spurrier's best five year stretch at Florida (.867 winning pct. from 1993-1997). Saban's unquestionably a better coach. Whether or not, he's a greater one is still up for debate because he hasn't stuck around for long enough.
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